Dante’ D. Fillyau Asks What’s Your Medium?

by Rae Oglesby January 19, 2011

His motto is simple: “Affect change. Don’t be the effect of change.” And that’s exactly what Dante’ Fillyau (Mechanical Engineering, 2000) is trying to do with his full-service marketing and design agency, MediumFour. MediumFour was born with the merger of two different companies; Baldpointe Media, which Fillyau owned, and Footprintz, created by his friend turned [...]

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Jeanette McDuffie Produces “Milk + Honey” Series With Idris Elba, Lance Gross, & More. Also Features Rob Smith

by Joey Digital January 18, 2011

[This article is taken from on theybf.com. To read the entire article, click here.] Idris Elba has dipped his hand in the Executive Producing bucket. “Milk + Honey” is a dramedy series for the web and TV, which focuses on the spiritual, professional, and romantic journeys of four young ambitious YBF women navigating through the [...]

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Council Rudolph III Asks How High Is Your Hustle?

by Red Ink Consulting January 14, 2011

Inspiration from ‘The Hill’ lead FAMUan Council Rudolph, III to start his own clothing line, Higher Hustle Clothing. With the help of thought-provoking phrases and images, sprinkled with a touch of vintage designs and topped off with current fashion trends, Higher Hustle Clothing is quickly becoming the clothing line to watch, offering options for men [...]

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Bereolaesque Takes You On A Relaxing Musical Journey With Mixtape Seat-1A

by Joey Digital January 13, 2011

[This is an excerpt from a recent article on Theory of Culture. Read the entire story here.] Update: To listen to/download Seat-1A, click here. Enitan Bereola (CIS/Marketing, 2006) better known as Bereolaesque is known throughout the world for his best selling book The Contemporary Gentleman & Etiquette Book for the Urban Sophisticate. Today he embarks [...]

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CEO of MusicIsMyBusiness Aaron Arnold (Former Sean “Diddy’ Combs Assistant) Debuts First Music Video Via MTV

by Joey Digital January 12, 2011

From Corporate America to assistant for Sean “Diddy” Combs to MTV, Aaron Arnold, CEO of MusicIsMyBusiness, is now achieving his dream. Today the young music executive debuts his company’s very first music video, “Run-It-Back” (video embedded below) across MTV platforms today and for weeks to come. MusicIsMyBusiness will also launch an iTunes campaign in hope [...]

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Former SGA President James Bland Could Win $100,000 From BET

by Rae Oglesby January 11, 2011

Writer and director James Bland (SBI 2008) has a shot at winning $100,000 to produce a short film for BET. His award-winning comedy, Cocoa Love was selected for the competition, Lens on Talent: Johnson & Johnson Presents A Filmmakers Challenge. Hollywood executives will select the grand prize winner early this year. Bland’s 11-minute short was [...]

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Bobby Staten III Debuts New Song “Here With Me” As A Demo/Available To Artists

by Angie Dapper January 10, 2011

Singer/Songwriter, Bobby Staten III describes himself as “an old soul with a young spirit”; this statement comes to life in his recent project, “Here With Me”. Written and performed by Staten, the song tells the story of a person regretting the choice to leave their lover. Laced with heartfelt melodies, the influence of growing up [...]

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George Burns Chosen To Be E! Correspondent At The Ciroc Party In Miami Hosted By Kourtney Kardashian

by Joey Digital December 21, 2010

Update: A recap of the interview can be seen at www.eonline.com/ciroc (around the 7 minute mark) George Burns (2012/Pharmacy)  has been selected to be E! Online’s correspondent in Miami for the Ciroc Ultra Premium Vodka New Year’s Eve Party hosted by Kourtney Kardashian. Join George and E!  at 11pm ET as they stream live from [...]

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Naeem Cobb Directs Raheem Devaughn’s New Video For “She’s Single” (NSFW)

by Joey Digital December 6, 2010

Naeem Cobb (97 – 99) of Cool Kids Forever Films, directed the video for Raheem Devaughn’s new (and explosive) song She’s Single. Video embedded below. Warning: Not Safe For Work (NSFW). About Cool Kids Forever Films Cool Kids Forever Films is a full production house company located in Washington DC that caters to both independent as [...]

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Brandon Mitchell Graces Cover of New Def Jam Rapstar Video Game

by Joey Digital October 11, 2010

Update: Brandon has informed us that he also choreographed, and is featured in Ciara’s new video for Gimme Dat. The video also features the Strikers All-Stars. Watch Gimme Dat here. Brandon Mitchell (2009) graces the cover of the recently released hip-hop themed karaoke video game Def Jam Rapstar. Def Jam Rapstar is a music game based hip-hop music [...]

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